Learn to Spell More Homophones

In this activity, we're going to to be looking at common homophones and how to spell them.

 

Homophones are words that sound the same but mean different things and are spelt differently.

 

For example bear and bare.  

 

Read those two words out loud - did you notice that they sound exactly the same?  

They have completely different meanings though - let's look at each of them in a sentence:

 

The bear was prowling through the forest.

 

 

On hot days I like to take off my socks and have bare feet.

 

 

In this activity, we are going to practise spelling two pairs of homophones:

piece and peace

meddle and medal

 

Let's look at these in a sentence so we can understand their different meanings:

 

Would you like to have a piece of cake?

 

 

A piece is a part of a whole.

 

I like the peace of the forest.

 

 

Peace is a time or place that is calm and quiet.  It also means the opposite of war.

 

Please don't meddle with the things in my room.

 

 

Meddle is a verb meaning fiddle.  It also means interfere.

 

A medal was awarded to the winner of the race.

 

 

A medal is a metal disk, often awarded to winners and runners up of contests.

 

Use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to practise spellings a few times before we begin the activities.